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Peter Ibbetson

1935 · 88 min

It is a sweeping, dreamlike romance where the boundaries between waking life and shared fantasy blur.

Tagline
Love... born in the simple hearts of children... loving gloriously... triumphant through the years!
Overview
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project with the Duke and Duchess of Towers. When Peter and the duchess become great friends, she reveals that she is Mary — but the duke soon suspects his wife of infidelity and challenges Peter to a duel, threatening the pair's second chance.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • death
  • memory
  • fate
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism3
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, romance
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Written by
Vincent Lawrence, Waldemar Young
Starring
Gary Cooper, Ann Harding, John Halliday, Ida Lupino, Douglass Dumbrille, Virginia Weidler, Dickie Moore, Doris Lloyd
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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